Turkey closes Syrian border as UN warns of refugee crisis 터키, 시리아 쿠르드족 10 만명 난

In the latest crisis to hit the Middle East The Turkish government has begun clamping down on its border with Syria following the mass exodus of Kurdish refugees who are fleeing from Islamic State militants With more, we turn to Paul Yi at the News Center Paul, what sparked this latest influx of refugees? Well, clashes between I-S militants and Kurdish forces have intensified this past week, with fighting focused near the border town of Kobane, also known as Ayn al-Arab And the latest figure from officials put more than 130-thousand Syrians crossing into Turkey to escape the violence In order to stem the movement of Kurdish fighters, Turkish authorities closed seven out of the nine border posts in the area, however, they remained open for women, children and the elderly The UN Refugee Agency says civilians are continuing to escape into Turkey in what has become the largest exodus since Syria′s civil war, which began more than three years ago "We are approaching in Turkey 1 6 million refugees and now over a hundred thousand influx and quite frankly, we don′t know when those numbers will end We don′t know what the future holds // We need assistance for core, life-saving support " The Turkish government says it′s taking all necessary measures to prepare for the influx of displaced civilians, however, emergency officials there say urgent supplies are quickly running out The UN agency has reiterated its call for more humanitarian assistance as it so far received less than a quarter of the estimated 500-million dollars needed to tackle the refugee crisis